Clinton Jackson (born May 20, 1954) is an American former

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. As an amateur, he competed in the

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. He also won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and a gold at the

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Biography

Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Jackson was an all-around athlete who played football and basketball in high school. He began boxing in 1970 when he walked into a gym in

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. He lost to Emilio Correa in the gold medal match at the 1974 World Championships, but then defeated him en route to a gold medal at the

. He turned professional in 1979 but never achieved the results that he had as an amateur. He failed to win a fight against any significant opposition, and lost decisions to

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, and

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. Jackson retired after a knockout win in October 1985. In 1989, Jackson, a former

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, was convicted of

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banker in an

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scheme, in which he demanded

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9,000. In 1992, an ''

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'' article reported that Jackson was serving a life sentence in an Alabama prison inmate #00154880. According to ''

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'', he was still serving a life sentence as of January 2015.Jackson has an upcoming parole hearing set for September 2016.

Amateur highlights

*1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1974 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *1975 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1975 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *

Welterweight Champion *1976 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1976 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *1976 United States Olympic representative at Welterweight *1977 National AAU Light Middleweight champion *1978 National AAU Welterweight runner-up, losing to Roger Leonard.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Clinton Jackson, an American welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 32: Defeated (5–0)

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of Haiti * Quarterfinal: Lost (2–3) to

Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...

of Venezuela Clinton Jackson had 221 amateur fights, finishing his amateur career with a record of 206 wins 15 losses. He soon turned professional, but also coached the Nashville Sheriff's Dept. celebrated boxing team.Top-ranked amateur boxers to square off Friday
''The Jackson Sun'', February 3, 1980, p. 29.

Professional record

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